RAMBOER-STEEN

Ramboer-Steen is a firm of accountants and tax advisers on Oostendse Baan in Gistel, West Flanders. The company is accredited by the ITAA under number 50.689.267. Its story begins in 2000 with Ramboer Boekhouding & Fiscaliteit, founded by Birger Ramboer, an ITAA tax accountant. The office moved from Leke to Gistel in 2010 and became Ramboer-Steen in 2011 when Ward Steen, an ITAA accountant and tax adviser, joined. The first employee was hired in 2012, the firm moved in 2018, and in 2025 it settled into a new building to keep growing. In 2026 it welcomed its thousandth client since it started.

The team numbers around ten: the two partners, two in-house ITAA accountants, several accounting and tax staff and two office assistants. The firm's philosophy fits in three words, "keep it simple": clear figures and advice in plain language, direct contact with the accountant who knows the file, and proactive follow-up that flags opportunities, risks and optimisations in time. The partners stress that they are entrepreneurs themselves and know their clients' challenges. For questions outside their expertise, they draw on a network of partners.

In accounting, the firm offers either full service or tailored cooperation, with clients choosing how much they do themselves. It handles bookkeeping, the year-end close and annual accounts, periodic reporting with practical insights, budgets and VAT returns. Clients log in to Silverfin, ClearFacts and FID-Manager from the website.

On tax, Ramboer-Steen advises proactively on tax optimisation, prepares personal and corporate income tax returns, handles VAT formalities and assists clients during tax audits. For start-ups, it advises on the legal form, prepares the financial plan, drafts the articles of association, handles registration with the Crossroads Bank for Enterprises and the VAT number application, and supports the insurance file.

The SME advisory service makes the firm a financial sparring partner: credit applications, business valuation, acquisition support, investment analysis, advice on business structure and profitability improvement, using analysis of figures and scenarios. The firm lists its regular sectors as construction, entertainment and sport, healthcare and medical practices, services and management companies.

The website regularly publishes analyses on tax, accounting, pay, entrepreneurship and public policy, such as the increase in the tax work bonus, e-invoicing via Peppol or the financial points to review before the end of the financial year.